Reaching Every Mother and Child

More than 5 million children die before age 5 every year due to preventable and treatable killers, mainly pneumonia and diarrhea, and around 300,000 women die giving birth.

In an effort to help, the Reach Every Mother and Child Act, or simply the Reach Act, proposes reforms to hold the U.S. Agency for International Development accountable for a smarter, more effective approach to ending such deaths.

With a strategy that puts kids and mothers first, we can make sure every child, regardless of their homeland, can start life healthy. Connecticut shows support, with all of our state's senators and representatives cosponsoring the legislation.